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CPSS-Iosco proposes risk standards for CCPs
Central counterparties should be ready for failure of one or two largest customers, regulators suggest
European parliament embraces Tobin tax
Lawmakers throw their weight behind Tobin tax on financial transactions; say global difference of opinion should not stop Europe implementing levy
Libya’s Bengdara in Istanbul: report
Central Bank of Libya governor Farhat Bengdara reportedly confirms relocation to Istanbul as unrest continues; more central bank targeted sanctions possible
Buba’s Weber to return to academia
Bundesbank president Axel Weber to teach at University of Chicago in June following departure from central bank
NY Fed’s Krieger: liquidity backstop for shadow banks vital
New York Federal Reserve executive vice-president Sandra Krieger stresses importance of backstop measures to reduce systemic risk arising from shadow banking activities
Nobel Prizewinner not right for Fed: key Republican senator
Senate Banking Committee ranking member Richard Shelby sets out reasons underpinning party’s repeated rejection of Nobel Prizewinner Peter Diamond for Fed board seat
Investors watch Saudi protests with interest
Sentiment in the bond markets has not been unduly affected by MENA tensions, but Saudi unrest could change that.
Underlying inflation, unemployment should ground mandate: Riksbank’s Svensson
Riksbank deputy governor Lars Svensson calls for refined monetary policy framework focusing on underlying, rather than headline, inflation and unemployment over resource utilisation
EBA’s stress test scenarios revealed: reports
Leaked documents set out scenarios for new round of European bank stress tests
Fed’s Lockhart recommends renewed focus on monetary, credit aggregates
Atlanta Fed president also advocates Taylor-type rule to manage exit
Buba posts €2.2 billion profit
Bundesbank says increased risk provisioning responsible in part for dip from 2009 figures
Tokyo nominates ex-IMF economist to BoJ policy board
Japanese government puts forth academic and ex-IMF economist Sayuri Shirai for Bank of Japan policy board, according to wire reports
Sudan’s Hassan quits
Bank of Sudan governor Sabir Mohamed Hassan steps down from helm of central bank after taking decision not to pursue fourth term in office
RBI launches investigation into shadow banks
Reserve Bank of India says non-banks have now become systemically important
Goldman economist to replace Sentance on Bank’s MPC
Chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne names Goldman Sachs’ Ben Broadbent as new member of Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee
Hungary names two external members to MPC
Hungarian parliament nominates two economists as external members to National Bank of Hungary rate-setting committee
Moody’s lowers Greece's credit rating
Greece's credit rating moved from B1 to Ba1 while spreads rise across eurozone periphery
ECB rejects temporary price pressures argument; signals tightening
European Central Bank’s hawkish Thursday announcement shows a different interpretation of commodity price pressures, second-round effects, to Bank of England and Fed
Central bank wage cap backfires on Budapest: reports
Hungarian government could be pushed to amend controversial central bank salary cap as problems mount in finding suitable external rate-setters
Ex FSA chair quits as head of LSE
Former Financial Services Authority chairman Sir Howard Davies steps down as director of London School of Economics over university’s financial links to Libyan Gaddafi regime
ECB’s González-Páramo calls on central banks to reinvent risk strategies
European Central Bank executive board member José Manuel González-Páramo says central banks must re-think their risk management framework; moots new toolkit
Canada pressed to develop inflation market
Current issuance of inflation-linked bonds is too meagre to meet demand from domestic and international investors, say market participants
EBA to launch new stress tests
European Banking Authority unveils timeline for second round of EU-wide stress tests with launch set for Friday; first executive director and internal committee named
UK lawmakers launch inquiry into BoE’s accountability
Influential parliamentary committee calls for views on the impact of regulatory change on Bank of England; changes will see Bank’s ambit expanded